Claire Foy
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Interview
| Paolo | Have you ever dealt with the irony of fate? |
| Claire | I think it’s ironic that I’m an actress. For somebody who doesn’t really enjoy being looked at or want to be the centre of attention, it seems like an odd pursuit. I’d say my career is an irony of fate to me, but yet here I am. |
| Paolo | Do you think you have a good star protecting you? |
| Claire | I do, yes, very strongly. I think there are other people and other places taking care of me. I don’t quite know who they are. Lots of things have happened in my life which tell me I’m not alone. |
| Paolo | There are many different Juliets in the tragedy: the happy Juliet in love, the desperate Juliet crying, the even more desperate Juliet dying. Which one of these touches and inspires you the most? |
| Claire | I think all of them because ultimately she’s in love and when you’re in love, all of those things are the emotions that you go through. I think she’s just in love and you feel everything when you’re in love, so, all of them. |
| Paolo | Claire, do you remember your first love? |
| Claire | I do, yes. It didn’t end well. That was a real tragedy for me, it ended really well for him... I think. I fell in love all the time as a child and it was always unrequited. And that became a habit; it was never successful for me. And then my first successful love was a disaster and tragedy. |
| Paolo | Not worse than Romeo and Juliet? |
| Claire | No, not worse than Romeo and Juliet—it felt worse than Romeo and Juliet to me. It was a time in my life when Romeo and Juliet made a lot of sense. I was desperately in love, desperately. He broke my heart. |
| Paolo | I have a story about Italy. Someone once said that Italy was a smile full of tears. Because it is a country of nostalgia, of melancholy. And Juliet too, in a way, is a smile full of tears. |
| Claire | A smile full of tears... All of them are really. |